Question by Mitch D: Can celiac disease cause blurry vision, and feeling like your going to pass out all day?
I’ve gotten gray stools to, which is a symptom. My calcium may be low I guess. I think beer and pizza for 5 years ruined my small intestine, and I found out 2 days ago that im allergic to gluten.
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Answer by sweet_oreo
Indirectly yes since there is malabsorption of nutrients, you could be anemic – low iron in the body which would results in fatigue and blurry vision. Find out what your blood count is, that should help however some symptoms only occur when gluten is introduced into the body.
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Hi,
You have a lot of questions on here about celiac disease and what symptoms are caused by it. I assume you have been recently diagnosed and are feeling like you are losing alot of comfort foods. First of all, if you go on a gluten free diet and stay on it, the damage done to your small intestine will heal and it will hopefully be as good as new as long as you stay on a gluten free diet. Then as it heals, your body will be able to process nutrients correctly and hopefully all of the symptoms that you have will go away. One thing to help the process is to take a gluten free multivitamin(Costco has them as well as drug stores) and omega complex capsules. Don’t guess about what nutrients you are low in– get a doctor to run a panel of blood tests that screen for the different nutrient levels and then get with a dietician/nutritionist to address anything that is out of kilter.
Don’t worry about your symptoms right now, concentrate on learning your new diet and how you are going to carry it out. Start with fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables staying away from sauces and gravies for the time being. Fresh meat without additives is the best. You can use rice and potatoes for starches. Now once you get your basic structure in place and have made it through a month or so, figure out what foods you are missing the most and work at finding a replacement one item at a time. Whole Foods is a great place to shop. Some grocery stores do have a good gluten free section and if the ones around you don’t, then ask.
Join a local chapter of csaceliacs.org and then you can find some local help about good shopping, recipes, where to eat etc. There is a way to substitue for almost any food but you have to learn to read labels, be suspicious if you don’t know what something is and be strict about what you eat.
Hope this helps some. I was 50 when I was diagnosed with celiac disease and had various symptoms for 10 years before the diagnosis. I was on 5-8 different medicines during that time and after about 2-3 months on a gluten free diet, all my symptoms cleared up and I discontinued all the meds and have been in better health the last 5 years than the preceding 10. So be thankful you have a diagnosis and now work to get and stay gluten free.
Good luck!!!!